There was a POST-war BMW V-8 in the mid to late fifties. It was used in the
507 or 508 sports car and in the 503 (I believe that was the model)-the 503
served as the prototype for the Aztec (only GM did not do as good a job at
making the Aztec as ugly as that BMW). This V-8 was small- about 2 1/2 litres
and I think they were aluminum.
However, during the forties and fifties it was unlikely that GM would use
ANYbody else's engines.... this was the company that came up with the Olds 88
in 1949 and the Chevy V-8 in 1955.
Jan
sosnaenergyconsulting@home.com wrote:
> Hi all:
This brings up something I thought was interesting:
I was talking to an Arnolt Bristol owner about his car at the Coronado
vintage races this weekend. He mentioned (which I'd heard before) that
the Bristol engine was a pre-war BMW design which was, as war
reparations, given to Bristol to manufacture.
What he next said, and which I hadn't heard, was that the
Buick/Olds/Pontiac 215 aluminum V-8 engine was ALSO a pre-war BMW design
that was a reparation that GM was given.
I had always thought the 215 was developed in-house. Anybody out there
heard anything to substantiate if this aluminum V-8 really was a pre-war
BMW/German design?
Regards
David Sosna
65 S4 GT V6 (and wishing Ford had gone in for aluminum 171's back then)
jeyerman@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
> Won't fit, Carroll Shelby tried it initially for the Cobra and it was too
>wide (it was a Buick engine back then) and it would be too wide for an Alpine.
> The Ford engine is surprisingly narrow for a V-8.
>
> Jan
>
> "BMT (John Goodby)" wrote:
> > Don't forget that the P76 also donated that great 4.4 litre engine to
>gointo Range Rovers and give them some get up and go.
>
> I've always wondered how one would go in an Alpine. They put them in MGB's.
>
> John Goodby
> Perth
> Alpine SV
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Heuer"
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, 25 October 2000 1:36
> Subject: Leyland P76 (was Aztec, was Paint color)
>
> > Vic Hughes did a good job of describing the why and what, but for me the
> > best memory is the fact that Leyland chose to market car by demonstrating
> > that you could carry a 44 gallon drum in the boot (trunk)!
> >
> > There is one of the seven two-door coupes built at the National Motor
> Museum
> > near Adelaide in South Australia.
> > Cheers,
> > Paul.
> >
> > NO ARCHIVE
> >
> > >Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 06:29:01 -0400
> > >From: "Berghult, Bob" >Subject: RE: aztec
> > >
> > >What is a "Leyland P76" ????? Got any pictures??
> > >
> > >Bob
> > >Series IV
> > >B9405637 LRX
> >
> > _________________________________________________________________________
> >
> >
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